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Was living for a number of years, and a bunch of foreign mates were playing in a "we're all foreigners" band. Entered a comp, and got selected to play at Fuki Rock. So I managed to scam in to the band telling them they needed some keys. Then another mate said the band needed a dancer, and a couple of the chicks were back up dancers. All of a sudden we had 10 of us in for free and we all "played" live at Fuji Rock fest. Hells yeah!

Seeing the English National Orchestra on a Sunday morning at Glastonbury! An overwhelming 'wow' and 'whoa' rose up from the tens of thousands of bleary-eyed humans listening in disbelief to Ride of the Valkyries bringing the day to life.

The most amazing festival I attended was The Walking With Spirits festival in Beswick, NT. I hadn't till the day I got there experienced somewhere so magical and full of beauty. It was an eye opener to just how special this land is, even though I knew it was special before. At that moment I felt completely enamoured. Prehistoric trees towering over fresh water creek beds, set amongst a burnt red gorge, water falling from pools and swimming with the fresh water crocodiles. With a beautiful welcoming community.

My friend and i thought it would be a good idea to each submit an entry to double our chances. And surely with the combined diversity of our musical experiences we would each have something nice and different. After a minutes thought we shared our decision. Much to our amusement it was the same act. It was the second night of Earth Freq 2013 and we were feeling the activity of the last couple if days. So we sat down for some rest at the earth stage (nicely decorated in branches, ferns and lichen). My attention was suddenly drawn to a harp illuminated by blue lights. The player cocked her head to the side indicating to the guitarist to begin their set. For the next hour we sat totally enraptured by this act. Their power lay not only in the beauty of the music but in the intensity of emotion shown in the motion of the harpists whole body and the passionate expressions in her face. This act truly belittled all the lasers, lights, decorations and other special effects with a just a display of pure raw feeling. That night The Flumes really showed me how human emotion has coevolved with music.